Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-12

4 49, - A&NAaM - WANLA-L 944l1e
p. 8 L. thus indioatine that the ear
d iutact When Il enters ths p. O. & 81
p. B r.. bound westward. Twa wires
are imbedded IN the lead With The same
stroke ms the letters are impEintad.
This understood. viii give a. i6sa
q he i8oePlion Of The robbery and its
disossery by TIE ofieeEs of the road
1ae eastern h01na trains we're net ao-
Tested. Bot the western bound trains
have bssn tie sufferers. As near ~ we
can estimate 10 these roooeries have
been going On for two years. Az arsf
there was fimidiiy and they ouly oecnF-
red at ionR intervals. Then daily they
grew eolder aud mere gsnsFal, until
l iust lafely every train vas Q suHaeeF.
We heoams ooQntxant Of the rohheries
thra1Rh claims Submitted TO New YORK
and 20 she road on the strength Of their
western customers, the allegations BE-
ina based on broken psekaRes beth to
oulk and in seVsralfy. Tha evidences Ia
each case uas positive that the packages
we're 0pened IN transit We we're puz-
xled fer q long time by the robbeRies. as
our reports from western points showed
that the seals were always seemingly
intact Fer q long tine ve blamed khe
extraction Of Roods upsa roustabouts
at Piers q and 8 in New York and at
Deck street station at Philsdelphia. as
nearly ell Of our western bound freight
was Pot into ears at either one OF she
other ef these three places. We em-
pleyed esssotiyes and all imaginable
devices. and found faaliy that our en-
ployes aK thess points vere above sus-
| pieion. A AN IN charge Of ell crook
edness east Of PittsaaFg. Il then BE-
came my duly 70 follow the robbers up
10 this city. AftaR most exhaustive
search Of the satire division Of the Penn-
syivania read up 30 Pittsburg, ] came
were al oom@ited wsst Of Pitfshnrz.
to the Western division. After two
menths work We feund that the rob
berries were committed between Pttts-
burg and Dennison; that cut Of eighty
crews. sevsnty-6ve we're praoticinR dill
| gently . scheme Of robbery. We were
badly stalled at irst By The fact that The
seals % the ears were generally found
intact when the cars reached Columbus
ON their way westward. then com
manced system Of espionage on every
mile Of rail between hers and Dennison.
A day and night watch we're continued.
Meanwhile marked dry goods we're
used. We found that local freight vas
generally untouched; that the robberies
we're committed on uni0n line ship
ments. Well and good. One dark
night one Of our brightest men stumbled
against my story Of SEALS and method
By which they we're successfully TAM
psred with. Concealed behind car he !
saw q crew come 20 Q Union Line car. |
The wire vas pulled cut Of the seal. |
The door was thrown back and the car |
entered. In q saort time the men
emerged carrying q lot of plundsr.
They made OF TO the eab0ose aud ths /
conductor palled back the door, ran the |
wire through the seal where Il bad been /
palled out, and with Q board struck IL a |
blow. The blow united the soft lead |
again without destroying the lettering |
on either side. aad she seal vas appAF-
entity untouched. saW one Of thess. /
and IL vas only by the closest scrutiny |
that a person could detect signs Of its /
having being been tampered with
"All this made clear our course Vas
made much easier. Then individuals
Of these crews we're each tracked down,
and / may say here 90 closely were the
stolen goods located that out Of all the
men We arrested last night and this /
luUful1A knCAG vas AW4 JUG AA&0A 8Gt II
had stolen stuff on his person or in
his room. OF course you understand
our methods used in ascsrtainiua this
cannot be made public. suffice it 20 /
saw We have our hands On every thievish |
employe and We are within easy reach
Of thoss who are not arrested. When
say We, mean, Of course Mr.. Gilkesos
first, as 30 him belongs the exclusive
credit Of the rich haul that filled the
drag net. can give few illustrations
Of the spirit OF these employees. In enc
case, Just lately, pursuit vas 90 h0t that
% boxes OF fine cigars were hastily burn
ed in 9 caboose stove. In another case
two bolts Of fms silk were thr0wu from /
the caboose into the A0nonRhala river, Il
while crossing the Panhandle bridge. In |
ansther case the crew broke open q ear
and found Il full Of cigars. Ore OF the /
men, vas 90 enraaed By finding noth-
ing Of q stealabls kind, be
thrust an iron bar int an organ and
ruined it. We have evidence that /
freight oonductor broke into q car,
opened piano and sat and played II all |
night. stopping ct midnight TO eat sup |
per OF the polished top. The same fei-
lev vas thumping piano IN = dive last /
night vhen captured. Another brake
man, Who lives on Wiley avenue. stole |
bolt of cloth and bad suit made for |
himself and gave cloth enough feF two
ether suits 10 two Of hiB friendA An
ether man has became an expert on
ssolsn acooFdeon. In ell my sxpsrience
of twenty years l never sac such taste
for miscellaneous stealing. Everything
except q ooffin or blscksmtth's anvil
has bean stolen and made use OF. Some
Of our Detectives assured me this mora.
| ing that net man vas arrested bat had
| from half dozen 10 q dozen pairs Of
clean sockn Of the finest quality aud .
large assortment 81 shirts Of all kinds"
Young RepuhIicans Of Philadelphia
PHrIApKrPHTA, April 1.-The sixth
annual banquea Of the Young Repubii-
cans Of PhiIadslphia vas given Ct Sc.
Georges Hall tonight and was largely
attended. The following letter from
Senator John Sherman was read and
lie sentiment vas reosived with ap-
WAsHnorox. D. G., April 8.
To Egssia s. Stuart. Esg President ef
the Yoaag Republicans Of PAilodslp lpAia-
NJ DxAR SIN: While ! an oompslled
10 deny myself the pleasare Of dining
With the Yo1nQ Rep1hlioan Club Of
| Philadelphia on April llths take oooa-
sion 20 express my high appreciation OF
the yalns 10 theif services 10 ths canss
Of the Government n which all are or
ought % be enlisted. A oas Of the
seniors Of the Repabiican party Rtva
words Of encouragement and advice
70 the young men Who have assumed
| or will soon assume control OF our polit
teal organisation. We certainly should i
feel pride in the great measures thsi
have been successfully eTecuted By the
/ RepublicaB party, and a'tbough ysu
| nav not have 30 couduet = gigantic var
I'm TIE preservation Of the Unien and
win probably have 10 aucn dtihcut
/ k&sks a. reconstruction and slavery %
/ deal with. the work Of the Republican
party is bat fairly begua. That whieh
e psst 10 honorable, that which b 10
| come viii depend chiefly upon tie viesr,
integrity and patFietism Of the yoanR
RepubIicans who iiks yourselves are
uow oeganixin9 90 eSutlnue THE work Of
ths pass. What you have 20 do, y still
/ further 20 deveIop and Diversity AmsE-
lean industry.
"H should Be our aim 20 pr0dnce
everything In this country for which The